[MLB-WIRELESS] DNS and Locfinder

[Jamie Lovick]

On Fri, 29 Nov 2002, James Healy wrote:
>
> > Another option would be to ask Jamie Lovick to delegate melb.cw.net.au
> > to MW. That way we can have node.melb.cw.net.au
> 
> I'm a fan of a non-global DNS system. node.melb.cw.net.au (and the other
> options I've seen..)is starting to get long a wieldly. Remember... you'll be
> typing it _everytime_ you access a MW node.
> 
> yuck

You an easily get around this by setting search domains, bu it means if
disparate networks are linked at some stage, You don't have to re-invent
the wheel.

> I dont know what i prefer. server.node.melbwire or something would be cool.

Sure, or even server.node.mw .. which would be server.node.mw.cw.net.au
from anywhere else not using the search domain.

> server - name chosen by the node owner - you have 16 IPs remember,
> so you can run multiple machines. node - node id, automatic.
> 
> anyway, tis all theory for the moment... Important for us to dicuss
> it, but the need for DNS is still a bit off, so no need to rush a
> decision through

There are plenty of options, it's just a matter of choosing one that
works for everyone.

Regards

Jamie

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